the participants are taught methods for measuring

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Lighting Research Center (LRC) has enhanced its outreach education by taking the LED Lighting Institute “on the road.” In addition to the traditional three-day seminar held each spring and fall at the LRC, a two-day LED Lighting Institute program option has been added, which will be hosted at a program sponsor site each year.The first two-day, on-the-road LED Lighting Institute will be held led high bay light, at Cree Corporate Headquarters in Durham, North Carolina. It will provide detailed instruction for lighting fixture designers and manufacturers, lighting specifiers, and other professionals interested in learning more about this quickly evolving lighting technology.

Through hands-on workshops and classroom sessions, participants learn the basics of LED technology while building an understanding of LED system integration issues involving the electrical, optical, and thermal characteristics of LEDs. Participants also learn how to measure and evaluate LEDs and LED systems, and have the opportunity to compare LED technologies from a variety of manufacturers. The program culminates with the participants designing, building, and evaluating their own LED fixtures.

According to Dan Frering, LRC manager of education, the program is designed to have participants choose and evaluate all necessary LED system components including heat sinks, LEDs, and drivers from a variety of manufacturers. Then participants will have the opportunity to compare the systems side-by-side, examining the thermal, photometric, and color properties for each system.Director of research and head of the Solid-State Lighting Program at the LRC, noted that the workshop offers objective information on current led high bay light technology so participants walk away with realistic expectations for using LEDs in place of traditional light sources. In addition, the participants are taught methods for measuring and quantifying LED performance.